English: X-ray & Optical images of Tycho - A long Chandra observation of Tycho has revealed a pattern of X-ray "stripes" never seen before in a supernova remnant. The stripes are seen in the high-energy X-rays (blue) that also show the blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons. Low-energy X-rays (red) show expanding debris from the supernova explosion. The stripes, seen to the lower right of this image, may provide the first direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies a hundred times higher than achieved by the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth.
Date
between 13 April 2009 and 3 May 2009
date QS:P,+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+2009-04-13T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+2009-05-03T00:00:00Z/11
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Image title
A long Chandra observation of Tycho has revealed a pattern
of X-ray stripes never seen before in a supernova remnant. The
stripes are seen in the high-energy X-rays (blue) that also show the
blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons. Low-energy X-
rays (red) show expanding debris from the supernova explosion. The
stripes, seen to the lower right of this composite image that includes
optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey, may provide the first
direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to
energies a hundred times higher than achieved by the most powerful
particle accelerator on Earth.
Author
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Source
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Headline
A supernova remnant in the Milky Way about 13,000 light years
from Earth.
Credit/Provider
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/K.Eriksen et al.; Optical: DSS